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Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued in 1955


President: Dwight David Eisenhower  ·  Postmaster General: Arthur E. Summerfield
Domestic Letter Rate: 3¢ per oz  ·  Postcard Rate: 2¢  ·  Air Mail Rate: 6¢ per oz.

 Commemorative Postage Stamps of 1955 
  Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 200 Subject Electric Eye Plates
 
Scott 1065 - The 3¢ Land Grant Colleges Centennial Stamp Scott 1066 - The 8¢ Rotary International 50th Anniversary Stamp Scott 1067 - The 3¢ Armed Forces Reserve Stamp
Land Grant Colleges Centennial Stamp
East Lansing, MI - Feb. 12, 1955
120,484,800 issued		 Rotary International 50th Anniversary 
Chicago, IL - Feb. 23, 1955
53,854,750 issued		 The Armed Forces Reserve Stamp
Washington, D.C. - May 21, 1955
176,075,000 issued
 
Scott 1069 - The 3¢ Soo Locks Centenary Stamp Scott 1070 - The 3¢ Atoms for Peace Stamp Scott 1071 - The 3¢ Fort Ticonderoga Bicentennial Stamp
The Soo Locks Centenary Stamp
Sault Sainte Marie, MI - June 28, 1955
122,284,600 issued		 The Atoms for Peace Stamp
Washington, D.C. - July 28, 1955
133,638,850 issued		 Fort Ticonderoga Bicentennial Stamp
Fort Ticonderoga, NY - Sep. 18, 1955
118,664,600 issued
 
Scott 1072 - The 3¢ Andrew Mellon Stamp
The Andrew Mellon Stamp - Dry Printing
Washington, D.C. - Dec. 20, 1955
280 Subject Plates - 112,434,000 issued



Rotary Press - Perf 10½ x 11 - 200 Subject Electric Eye Plates

Scott 1064 - The 3¢ Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts Sesquicentennial Stamp Scott 1068 - The 3¢ Old Man of the Mountain Sesquicentennial Stamp
Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts Sesquicentennial
Philadelphia, PA - Jan. 15, 1955
"Dry" Method Printing - 116,139,800 issued		 Old Man of the Mountain Sesquicentennial Stamp
Franconia, NH - June 21, 1955
125,944,400 issued

Commemorative Postage Stamps of 1955 
  Rotary Press - Perf 10½ x 11 - 200 Subject Electric Eye Plates
Scott FA1 - 15¢ Mailman Delivering Letters
15¢ Mailman Delivering Letters
Washington, D.C. - June 6, 1955

The "Dry" Printing Special Handling Postage Stamps of 1955
  Flat Plate - Dry Printing - Perforated 11 - 200 Subject Plates

Scott QE1 - The 10c Special Handling - Dry Printing

Scott QE2 - The 15c Special Handling - Dry Printing

Scott QE3 - The 20c Special Handling - Dry Printing
10¢ Special Handling - "Dry" Printing 15¢ Special Handling - "Dry" Printing 20¢ Special Handling - "Dry" Printing


The following postage stamp varieties were first issued by the U.S. in 1955:

Ordinary issue: 

see also: The Series of 1954 - "The Liberty Issue"
Scott 1030a - The ½¢ Benjamin Franklin - Wet Printing - Oct. 20, 1955
Scott 1039a - The 6¢ Theodore Roosevelt - Wet Printing - Nov. 18, 1955
Scott 1049a - The 30¢ Robert E. Lee - Wet Printing - Sept. 21, 1955
Scott 1050a - The 40¢ John Marshall - Wet Printing - Sept. 24, 1955
Scott 1051a - The 50¢ Susan B. Anthony - Wet Printing - Aug. 25, 1955
Scott 1052a - The $1 Patrick Henry - Wet Printing - Oct. 7, 1955

Commemoratives:

Scott 1064 - The 3¢ Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts Sesquicentennial - Designer: McCloskey, Jr. -  Engraver: C. A. Brooks 
Scott 1065 - The 3¢ Land Grant Colleges Centennial Stamp - Designer: Wm. K. Schrage -  Engraver: A. W. Dintaman
Scott 1066 - The 8¢ Rotary International 50th Anniversary Stamp - Designer: C. R. Chickering -  Engraver: R. M. Bower 
Scott 1067 - The 3¢ Armed Forces Reserve Stamp - Designer: C. R. Chickering -  Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 1068 - The 3¢ Old Man of the Mountain Sesquicentennial - Designer: Wm. K. Schrage -  Engraver: R. M. Bower
Scott 1069 - The 3¢ Soo Locks Centenary Stamp - Designer: C. R. Chickering -  Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 1070 - The 3¢ Atoms for Peace Stamp - Designer: George R. Cox -  Engraver: R. M. Bower 
Scott 1071 - The 3¢ Fort Ticonderoga Bicentennial Stamp - Designer: Enrico Arno -  Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 1072 - The 3¢ Andrew Mellon Stamp - Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. -  Engraver: R. M. Bower 

Air Mail:

There were no new Air Mail stamps issued in 1955.

Special Delivery:

There were no new Special Delivery stamps issued in 1955.

Certified Mail

Scott FA1 -15¢ Mailman Delivering Letters

Special Handling - Dry Printing

Scott QE1 -10¢ Special Handling Stamp
Scott QE2 -15¢ Special Handling Stamp
Scott QE3 -20¢ Special Handling Stamp

 

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